Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

 “The real meditation is how you live your life”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, MBSR, is a 9 week course that is unlike any other stress management program you have ever experienced.

In MBSR, you will cultivate techniques in meditation and movement as well as explore behavioral patterns and communication skills.

These practices have been proven to reduce stress, improve pain management, strengthen recovery, and increase concentration, resilience, and focus.

The ability to achieve your dreams is within you. Your innate knowledge is waiting to be explored.

Upcoming MBSR Course

 
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Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

Learn to reduce your stress with a schedule that works for YOU.

Individual and group sessions are available for this 9 week* program. We will meet once a week for 2.5 hours on the zoom platform. On week 7, there will be a 4 hour guided retreat in which all of the mindful practices will flow seamlessly together.

*Must be completed within a 12 week window.

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 Benefits of the 9 week MBSR program:

  • This experience is proven to decrease stress, improve your resilience, and equip you with the tools to recover more swiftly from challenging events.

  • Find new levels of understanding when coping with disease, pain, illness, and PTSD.

  • Improve your focus, concentration, and awareness skills.

  • Increase immune function, nervous system reactions, as well as mental and emotional processing.

  • Build better habits and communication skills with yourself, your family, and your workplace.

  • Experiment with new self care techniques that can lead to more energy, enthusiasm, and a renewed zest for life.

Pricing

1-2 Participants

You and a loved one can explore mindfulness and reduce stress together.

$700.00/person

3-7 Participants

Learning as a group brings a new level of richness when practicing mindfulness.

$600.00/person

8+ Participants

Ideal for a corporate setting that invests in company culture to increase health and wellness amongst employees.

$500.00/person

Curriculum Content

Sessions 1 & 2

Connecting with your body through meditation and gentle standing movement. Exploring a new relationship with eating. Experimenting with sitting or laying down meditation to see what works for you. Tuning in to your awareness in daily activities.

Sessions 3 & 4

Experiencing various sitting, laying down, walking meditations, and gentle laying down movement. Noting pleasant and unpleasant experiences and learning how the body responds to stress.

Sessions 5 & 6

Continuing with various meditations, movements, discussions, and exercises. Focusing on how you react to stress from difficult situations within yourself and in communications with others.

Session 7 Meditation Retreat

A day of presence and practice, we experience mindfulness moment to moment.
Allowing yourself to be open to any experience in this opportunity to practice mindful attention.

Sessions 8 & 9

Observing how the mindful knowledge naturally occurs in everyday life. Exploring the familiar and unfamiliar in depleting and nourishing activities. Sustaining your practice — although the course has ended, the knowledge is just beginning.

  • Alexia from San Salvador, Ecuador:

    This was definitely one of the best programs I have participated in a long time. I have learned to modulate my stress levels substantially. Jessica was very thorough, detailed and just a joy to learn from. Her explanations and active practices were very well documented and educational. I highly recommend this program to anyone who seeks a more serene life experience and the tools to achieve this.

  • Shane from Kelowna, British Colombia:

    Learning about the body scan technique has truly brought more awareness and mindfulness into my daily life - I continue to do this each day and it reminds me to slow down and connect with myself and surroundings. It has created an opportunity for me to be still and alert all at the same time while washing away stress. The course has also brought my attention to the importance of grounding myself to the earth each day - something I do at each opportunity.

  • Heidi from Freudenberg, Cape Town:

    My experience with Jessica through the MBSR Program was phenomenal, I learnt that it is ok to do just what you can manage and to feel ok within myself accepting that. The Mindfulness Eating Meditation really blew my mind, this has made me so much more conscious when I am eating a meal to really savor each bite and this also slows down the eating process and you only eat what is needed and not over eating. The listening practice during the break-out rooms have made me actively listen more and not always trying to ask questions, I catch myself when I do this and then stop to listen. I thoroughly enjoyed her classes and the way one always felt free and at the same time there was complete structure to each lesson and for the homework as well. Jessica, THANK YOU for this amazing experience. I highly recommend Jessica's course.

  • Jo from Bangalore, India:

    I am loving every bit of the learning that I get to experience on a daily basis. I have become much more cognizant of the moment and get to refocus when I drift. Through the body scan, I can now feel the discomfort localized in the area and learnt to be with it, get to address it and move on. I am more mindful of my breath and get to take more deep and meaningful breaths. Being on autopilot most of my life, I have begun to notice my movements and get to acknowledge my body, especially my legs and the breath that goes alongside. Being mindful and present at every step, helps me come back to the present. Guess, I do not think so much about the past or the present anymore.

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“Mindfulness is not the path of chasing. It is the path of beautification. When flowers blossom, the fragrance spreads, and the bees come.”
― Amit Ray